| Chapter Three ~in the woods~ "How much farther is it?" Cait complained. "I don't know," TAS-man answered, "but it's not as far as it was to get to the right aisle that one time in Lowes." "Oh, well that's good. Because you remember how long that took." "Yeah, and we almost got hit by that train." "Right. And then we--" "Oh, shut up, guys, it's just around the next turn." Jaina said. And as they rounded the turn, they saw the tower. And to their surprise, it was surrounded. "Are those dwarves?" Crayak asked. No one answered him. They were too busy staring at the dwarves, who were attempting to climb the tower. Then Jaina noticed who was in the room at the top. "Hey, guys! Look, it's Rapunzel and Snow White--or um, Tails and Ann." "Of course, who else would it be?" Crayak asked no one in particular. "Hey, wait, Snow White was never locked in a tower, was she?" Cait asked. TAS-man turned around and prepared to hit him for being stupid, but Jaina stopped him. "We have to help them. Got any ideas?" Crayak raised his hand. ~in the tower~ "This is not fun." Ann announced as the dwarves tried unsuccessfully to climb the tower. "No. It's not." Tyrael agreed. "And I can't even see what's happening." Suddenly, from out of the woods, a wolf appeared. He ran towards the tower, growling. The dwarves fled in terror. Then, as Tails and Ann watched from the window, Jaina, TAS and Cait walked up to the wolf. "Hey, Crayak, that was a good idea!" TAS congratulated him. "Did he say Crayak?" Ann asked Tails. "Yes, he did." "Maybe we should go down now." "Yeah." So Ann grabbed Pen/cil and Tails picked up Tyrael, and they all headed down the stairs. Pen/cil used his magic power to open the door again, and the two groups stared at each other. "So." Jaina said. "A Magic Wand, Rapunzel, Snow White, and um...Ty? The Gingerbread Man?" "Shut up." Tails laughed at him. "And you are Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, Hansel, and... Gretel?" "George." "Ah." "Okay, so where are Holli, Nothlit, Roses, and the person we all want to kill, Roseidous?" Crayak asked. "Well," Ann answered. "We figure he's in the castle. You can see it from the tower. Maybe the others are with him." "Poor them." added Jaina. Tyrael sighed. "Well, let's get going. The sooner we're all together, the sooner we can all go home." "Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to the castle we go." Ann sang. Everone stared. "Sorry, you know how it is...it's the character talking." So they slowly made their way through the forest, across the field, and up to the castle gate. ~in the castle~ "Okay, I've been sitting here for hours, and Roses won't stop staring at me with that "Die, Roseidous, Die!" look." Roseidous complained. "Well, Roser, it is your fault that we're here. I mean, you should never have showed us that machine." Holli pointed out. "And you know, you should tell us how to get out of here." Nothlit said. "Well, I'd prefer to wait until everyone is here, then we can get out together." His nose grew a little longer. "Rosey, are you lying to me?" Roses demanded. "No...not exactly." And a little longer. "You ARE lying!!" "No, I'm not! Why would I lie to you, Roses?" By now, even he could see his nose. "Ahh! nevermind, I take it back! I am lying! Make it stop, make it stop!" Holli and Roses started laughing at him again. "Hang on," Nothlit interrupted them. "You mean you don't know how to get out of here?" "Well, I'm hoping the answer will come to me by the time everyone else gets here." Suddenly, they heard a knock, far away. "That must be them now!" Roseidous announced, happy to have Roses distracted. The four of them made their way through the castle, looking for the front door, when they found themselves in a ballroom. Holli and Nothlit immediately started dancing around the room. "Tale as old as time." Holli sang to herself. "What are you doing?" Roses stared. "Um...I'm not sure." "Well, stop it, we have to find the front door." "Hey!" Rosey called from the hallway. "I found it for you Roses!" Roses rolled her eyes. "He thinks he's going to get back on my good side." she whispered to Holli. They walked to the door and opened it, to find everyone else standing there. "Well, come in." Roses told them. "Yeah. Be our guest." Nothlit added, then sighed. "Stupid characters." So the Big Bad Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel, George, Snow White, Rapunzel, a Magic Wand, the Gingerbread Man, the Beast, Beauty, Pinnochio, and the Queen of Hearts, also known as Crayak, Jaina, TAS-man, Cait, Ann, Tails, Pen/cil, Tyrael, Nothlit, Holli, Roseidous, and Roses walked into the ballroom. They all stopped, stared at each other, and didn't say a word. "Okay." Roses took charge. "Let's get out of here...somehow..." To be continued... << Chapter Two ������������������������ Back to Home ��������������������� Chapter Four >> |